Help with PDF export

Hi,
I'm a beginner with InDesign, and I need help badly. I've gone through lots of threads with no solution yet.
Earlier today I exported an InDesign file to PDF and parts of the document with black text went to gray. It's been that way since, even in the original InDesign document. I don't know if it's just a color thing. If I change the color to red it simply looks like a "light" red. When I'm scrolling down the page it looks black, so long as I'm holding down and scrolling. Does anyone have a solution to getting my "light" font to be rich with color again. All of my black text is gray!
Thanks in advance.

No, I didn't make any changes. How do I find the opacity?
Does the opacity not show when you scroll? It may very well be the opacity, because it looks the same even in PDF. But then it doesn't explain how some parts look like opacity has changed and then some parts look completely normal.
EDITED TO ADD: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I FIXED IT.
It took me hours. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

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